Word: blagojevichization
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...complete surprise, completely unexpected. And just like the United States prevailed in that, we'll prevail in this.' ROD BLAGOJEVICH, embattled Illinois governor, likening his arrest on corruption charges to the attack on Pearl Harbor...
...somehow perfect that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich would begin his media self-justification-and-jury-pool-influence tour at the same time that American Idol has returned to TV. Like the bad auditioners who spring anew from city and heartland every winter, Blago inspires the same questions every time he opens his mouth: Does he really have no idea how he sounds to other people? It's gotta be an act, right...
...said his arrest was like those of Mandela, M.L.K. and Gandhi. On The View, he said the Mandela-M.L.K.-Gandhi comparison had been taken "out of context," as had his recorded vow to get something for President Obama's "f______ valuable" Senate seat. (See pictures of Rod Blagojevich...
...political media, Blago has been a gift, an outlet for every brand of cynicism that we are otherwise not allowed to express in the Era of Hope. You can lecture Blagojevich, hound him, mock him without offense. He is America's most unifying politician: a figure we can all get behind (to kick), in a good old-fashioned influence-peddling scandal...
...lonely certainty, especially when reality and prosecutors' audiotapes insist on contradicting it. And puncturing it makes compelling, if excruciating, TV. Thus CNN's Larry King capped off his interview by showing Blago a reel of late-night comics making fun of his deeds and his hair. Blagojevich watched, a grin frozen on his face, as SNL's Amy Poehler taunted, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were walking away...